![Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by [Siegel, Daniel J.]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/416688To8%2BL._SY346_.jpg)
People that review Dr. Siegel's book as redundant and mystical are the types that will never have or understand big ideas. With that being said, if you are looking for a quick and flimsy definition that doesn't irritate your bias and allows your current model of reality to go unperturbed, then don't read or talk about the book. Reviews with this premise are useless and provide no room for the innate delicacy of big ideas. Also, the book is meant to be accessible to all people, so to overkill it with clinical perspectives is ridiculous. Dan didn't write this to be a medical textbook. Also, the best teaching is redundant, so that's also a recurring and invalid point made in many of the reviews. Dan uses this as a teaching heuristic in all the mediums in which he disseminates this information (online courses, books, etc.) and it is helpful only to those whom are willing to learn. Not for those looking for a NYT best selling pop science book.
In order to understand Dan's "essence", you'll need to read many of Dan's books, watch his lectures, and take his online courses. This isn't NYT pop-science that sells the newest happiness or productivity hack. If you don't put in the effort, you will not understand the framework that he is describing. After consuming enough of his materials, one may realize that the monumental nature of Dan's perspective on the world. It's human nature for even people of high intelligence, like doctors and academics, to tribally defend what they believe because they have literally put all their life into it. Explains why Dan's work meets so much resistance.
The book provides a foundational understanding of his theory, while interweaving personal anecdotes that enable the reader to move from an intellectual understanding, to a relatable observation. Overall I would recommend this book only to people that are open to new ideas and are willing to sacrifice everything they've ever known or studied to a fundamentally better and higher perspective. Thank you Dan :)
- File Size: 71201 KB
- Print Length: 388 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (October 18, 2016)
- Publication Date: October 18, 2016
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B01CKZM39I
- Text-to-Speech:
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- Word Wise: Enabled
- Lending: Not Enabled
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#151,358 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #123 in Neuroscience (Kindle Store)
- #126 in Neuropsychology (Kindle Store)
- #233 in Social Psychology & Interactions
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